Credit-accounting appliance.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

P.- A. MOGASKBY.

CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27,.1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CREDIT-ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed July 27,1905. Serial No. 271,421..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY A. MoCAsKnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lisbon, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Credit Accounting Appliances; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cabinets for holding duplicates of peculiar original bills of sales in systematic order, so as to show the amounts customers may owe dealers for mer chandise purchased without requiring the use of regular sets of account-books, the invention having reference particularly to the frames for the bill-holdingleaves and also to springs that serve to hold the leaves in upright positions in the cabinets.

Objects of the invention are to provide improved construotion that will permit ready renewal of springs of the character above mentioned, so that users may easily remove' broken springs and insert new ones without being compelled to use tools in so doing, and to provide improved, cheaply-constructed, and durable frames for the bill-holders.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view the invention consists of frames provided with projecting studs, coiled springs removably mounted on the studs, and billholding leaves removably mounted in the frame; and the invention consists, further, in the novel parts and the combinations of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a credit-accounting cabinet, illustrating the character of the appliances embraced in the invention; Fig. 2, a fragmentary central transverse sectional view showing the bill-holding leaves in the cabinet, one of the leaves being moved radially from its normal position and the other leaves being in their normal positions on their supportingframe; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the frame on which one of the leaves is mounted, the upper portions of the leaf and the bunching yoke for the leaves being broken away; Fig. 4, an end elevation of the leaves and their frame and bunching-yoke all detached from the cabinet or case and the leaves bunched, so as to be readily handled together; Fig. 5, a fragmentary front elevation showing portions of a leaf and frame and balancespring for the leaf, and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the parts seen in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawings designate corresponding parts.

In construction a suitable cabinet is provided comprising a desk part a, and an upright case mounted on the rear part of the desk, comprising sides b and c, a back 1, and a bottom 6, and on the forward portion of the bottom is a ledge The frame of the bill-holding leaves is supported removably on the bottom e against the rear side of the ledge 'f, and the frame also leans against the back cl of the case, which is provided with a movable button g, that engages the frame-base A and holds it in place,

the button having a knob h for its operation at the. rear of the back d, there being a rotative spindle journaled in the back (1, that connects the button and the knob together.

The frame-base A supports two upright ends B and B, that are secured thereto, being preferably formed integrally, all of metal, and in the ends are a suitable number of slots, as O and O, at the bottoms of which are undercut journal-bearings i. The bill-holding leaves, as D or D,have projecting journals j, that are seated in the bearings 71 and may be removed laterally through the slots above referred to. The leaves are provided with spring clamps or clips is, as usual, and also with rubbing-pieces I, that serve also as guides to hold the leaves apart.

In order to hold the bill-holding leaves upright in the case when so placed, yet permit of their being moved down radially onto the desk at, the ends B. and B are provided with studs E and E, arranged below the plane of the journal-bearings b, there being a stud near each bearing and extending horizontally toward an opposite stud. On each stud is a coiled spring F or F, each spring having an arm m, adapted to press against the forward or under face of a leaf D or D, and an arm n, seated in a groove p in the top of the base A, the groove preventing the springs from creeping along the studs and becoming displaced. The springs are designed so as to be right and left hand, the difference being in the arrangement of the arms thereof, as will be apparent. The tendency of the springs is to hold the journals 9' in the IIO journal-bearings i, as it will be seen that when the base A is horizontal and the leaves lifted collectively, as when bunched and held by the yoke, the base will also be lifted with the leaves, as intended, since the journals j will not readily withdraw through the slots C and C except when the arms m are withdrawn.

In practical use the frame of the bill-holding leaves will set in an inclined position, as in Fig. 2, and the leaves may be moved from normal upright to horizontal positions and returned at pleasure. The leaves may be removed separately from their frame and be laced in a safe for security, or the leaves may be bunched by means of the yoke, as in Fig. 4, and all be removed in their frame from the case and be placed in a safe.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is V 1. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame provided with a plurality of studs having each a spring-mounted removably thereon, and a plurality of bill-holding leaves mounted in the frame and engaged by the springs.

2. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame having upright ends provided with slots having undercut journalbearings at the sides of the bottoms thereof, bill-holding leaves having journals mounted in the bearings, and springs mounted on the frame and engaging the leaves.

3. Credit-accounting appliances including a case, a frame mounted in the case, a button mounted in the back of the case and cooperating with the frame, bill-holding leaves mounted in the frame, and springs mounted in the frame engaging the leaves.

4. In credit-accounting appliances, the combination of a frame-base having a groove in the top thereof and also having upright ends one or both of which is provided with a plurality of studs, and springs mounted on the studs having each an arm seated in the groove and also a movable arm, with billholding leaves pivoted in the frame ends and engaged by the movable arms of the springs.

5. In credit accounting appliances, the combination with a frame having journalbearings, and bill-holding leaves having ournals mounted in the bearings, of studs attached to the frame, springs coiled about the studs removable therefrom and engaging the leaves, and means for normally holding the springs on the studs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERRY A. MOCASKEY.

Witnesses:

KATHRYN VIcK, EDWIN W. DIEHL. 

